You could not give up a human heart as you could give up drinking. The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover's soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal; you had a duty towards it.
("The Once and Future King")
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She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But now the shell was safely in the rock. It was lodged, and ground no longer.T.H. White
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They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.
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Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.
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War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread al over. It is not about one thing in particular.
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Cavall came simply and gave his heart and soul.
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